968M, popularly referred to as Zaporozhets, is now undeservedly forgotten.

Tuning the appearance of Zaporozhets

Nevertheless, ZAZ tuning is a great opportunity to feel like a car designer, or at least imagine yourself as the hero of one of the television programs where a used and “killed” car is given a second chance. What is done with the ancient "iron horse" is described below. Naturally, the owner of the old car is interested in the beauty of the old car, or rather, how it can look. What do homegrown craftsmen offer?

retro car

This 968 is to restore a new kind of auto. For such work, cladding, "glasses" - overlays for headlights. They will give the car an old look and body kit elements - thresholds, skirts, rear wings. The work consists in dismantling the old parts and replacing them with new ones. After that, the car is tinted in the corporate bright red color. Tuning the Cossack will be possible only in terms of appearance - to understand the rest of the processes occurring in the mechanical sphere, knowledge and experience are required.

Fundamentally new design

In this case, the work is facilitated by the fact that, unlike the first tuning method, for which it is almost impossible to get a ZAZ 968 - you have to restore the old ones - a new vision of your own car is being developed. It can become luxury, stylized as a convertible or a sports car - creativity, the main trump card of the future owner.

Salon tuning

Naturally, not a single self-respecting motorist will admit that an internal one will not be added to the respectable appearance of the car. The tuning of the Cossack in the cabin is diverse - this is a thick steering wheel, leather soft seats, quilted in the form of noodles. The inner lining of the cabin, re-tightened, having a contrasting shade with the main one.

Attention - it is ordered specially from new composite materials or the old one is being restored. Under it, they hide the entire electric stuffing of the car.

Restoration of mechanics

Wanting to get the attractive appearance of your own car and practicality, you will have to restore the "stuffing". For example:

1. Strengthening the body consists in replacing the struts, spacers between them and installing a stability stabilizer. Thanks to the work done, the updated Zaporozhets 968 will stay on the road at the maximum speed it is capable of.
2. Chassis tuning. The master will have to put new wheels on the car. Boil, as the power of the car on the road will eventually lead to their bursting surface, which will increase the risk of control. Since there are no original parts, replacement is possible from the eighth VAZ model - the hub is complete with brakes.
3. . This task is more difficult. Since it is not in sight, they either modify the existing one, or remove the engine from another car. The technical characteristics of the ZAZ 968 are not very good in terms of driving performance, so the most common replacement is the engine. It will need to be connected to the original gearbox, so an adapter plate with a release type bearing is used. Make it yourself, perhaps, as the part is expensive.

It is required to replace the carburetor, designed for 1.1 liters with a special adapter. It is installed after the overhaul of the engine. Such ZAZ tuning will allow you to get a car suitable for city roads.

If the owner expects to race in the future - a common form of entertainment among tuned cars - then the engine size will have to be increased to 1.3 liters. The work consists in boring for pistons from under the VAZ up to 79 mm, replacing the carburetor from the eight and installing contactless electronics.

Some fans of driving on the tracks are beyond the power of the car and add turbocharging and exhaust pipes from the rear fenders to everything described, thanks to which the humpbacked Cossack develops a speed of 20-30% more than the city one.

The refurbished ZAZ 968 Lux undergoes multiple break-in tests to make the use of the car safe and comfortable.

Getting rid of shortcomings

A tuned Cossack will not become the pride of the owners if you do not worry about the shortcomings as a model in advance and exclude them. The talk of the town was the noise and susceptibility to corrosion of this machine. This is uncomfortable and has consequences:

Noise

• Slows down the driver's reactions to non-standard situations on the road. It is difficult to react to what is happening and hear the problems that arise in your own car.
• Travel comfort will be spoiled. Even if a modern acoustic system is installed in the cabin of a Cossack, a mixture of noise and music, it will turn out hellish, hardly comparable with comfort.
• Noise contributes to fatigue. It is not uncommon to fall asleep on the road, especially with many hours of driving. Noise acts lullingly or, on the contrary, constantly keeps the driver in suspense.

Corrosion and elimination

Almost eat the car if you do not pay attention to the issue. The quality of iron in the old days was much better, so it will be possible to restore it.

A high-quality alteration of the Cossack begins with the elimination of noise as a problem that has several sources: the engine as the main one. Then aggregates like gearbox, windshield wipers. Noise is transmitted to all surfaces of the car, which is why the trouble has far-reaching consequences - looseness of parts, glass rattling due to vibration. The problem has a simple solution, like everything ingenious: careful tightening of fasteners and installation of a noise damper - for example, an old blanket in a waterproof case, laid behind the Cossack between the glass and the gas tank.

The next problem is corrosion. Before applying a branded color scheme to a tuned car, it is important to carefully examine all the surfaces of the “iron”, they are, of course, rusty - the car is not new. Therefore, in order to exclude the formation of new “saffron milk mushrooms”, the old parts are processed, or even completely welded on new ones, having previously been convinced of their unrecoverable problem. Painting and tuning the Cossack in color is necessary only in the spray booth - there is no confidence in high-quality independent work. But the service includes the application of a polymer layer, which will extend the life of the horse for another ten years.

Chip tuning Zaporozhets

What it is? This is a kind of car firmware and bringing it to perfection. The work is carried out only by craftsmen using special equipment and with the replacement of each machine unit without losing originality. That is, by giving his own “car for pumping”, the owner will receive ZAZ chip tuning completely improved or original.

The procedure is not cheap, depending on the intended work - the craftsmen will have to look for similar parts, use experience to create new ones, think about the maximum comfort of the owners, completely sort out the Cossack engine. Nevertheless, the service is in demand - the country is rich in motorists of this brand.

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Before concluding an agreement with specialists, it is important to work out the pressing issues: how the Cossack will behave after tuning, fuel consumption, increased power and other nuances.

If the desire to get a modern car does not disappear, then why not dare?